SESSION shenanigans

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by session ace Mitch Dalton. This month: Catch 23.

Paul Weller

Simon Barnard looks at the guitar style of one of the UK’s most successful musicians, who’s had hit albums in every decade since the 1970s.

JS Bach Two-Part Invention BWV 784

Bridget Mermikides creates a guitar duo arrangement of Bach’s incredible two-part Invention In A Minor. Learn either part, or both, and play along!

In The Woodshed

Charlie Griffiths shows you how to traverse the strings using a trademark picking technique that, to this day, bears a country legend’s name.

Half-Whole Diminished

In his final lesson Jens Larsen looks at the lines you can create by using the Half-Whole Diminished scale over the Dominant 7th chord.

FOOD FOR thought

Justin Sandercoe of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This month: Ukulele For Guitarists.

Eric Gales

This issue Phil Short checks out a veritable force of nature, a modern day blues guitar legend who’s turning heads and blowing minds.

Richard Smith Interview & Masterclass

David Mead caught up with the nylon-string maestro during one of his all-too-rare visits to the UK for a lively conversation about all things acoustic and a very special video masterclass…

In The Woodshed

This month Charlie Griffiths shows us how adopting arpeggios over your blues turnarounds can help you break out of Pentatonic Prison.

Altered Scale

This month Jens Larsen of Fundamental Changes examines a great scale for adding tension and release over Dominant chords.

Play Tastier Licks!

John Wheatcroft adds the musical equivalent of furry dice and go-faster stripes in this feature showing you how to jazz-up your blues, rock or any other style...

Judas Priest

This month Martin Cooper demonstrates the style of Glenn Tipton and KK Downing of the mighty West Midlands metal band, Judas Priest.

INSTRUMENTAL inquisition!

Guitar instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. We asked some top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: guitarist and producer with American prog-rock icon Kansas: Zak Rizvi.

Jeff Beck

Phil Short feasts on the unmistakable style of this multi-Grammy-winning instrumentalist and gold-plated legend of blues and rock guitar.

Blur

Simon Barnard looks at one of the original purveyors of the Cool Britannia scene, and the individualistic guitar musings of Graham Coxon.

Chromaticism Pt 4 Delayed Resolution

Shaun Baxter looks at ways of creating melodic interest by embellishing and prolonging your chromatic journey to any given target note.

All-Star Blues Jam

John Wheatcroft has got a serious case of the blues, but in a really good way as he presents this epic All-Star blues jam.

INSTRUMENTAL inquisition!

Instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. We asked some top guitarists for their take on this iconic movement. This month: one-time Joe Satriani student, ex T-Ride guitarist and now solo artist, Geoff Tyson.

Perfect picking!

Many players are reconnecting with their classical guitars right now so we decided to revisit Bridget Mermikides’ super lesson which focuses on perfecting your fingerstyle technique.

David Gilmour

This month Phil Short dives into the iconic, melodic, feel-filled, but deceptively tricky style of Pink Floyd’s legendary David Gilmour.

Slade

Martin Cooper checks out the sound of lade, who produced finely crafted glam-rock its packed with catchy hooks and melodies.

Jonathon Long Interview & masterclass

Raised by the banks of the Mississippi, Jonathon plays an electrifying fusion of jazz, blues and country. We joined the slick but soulful guitarist from Baton Rouge to talk bayou blues – and pick up some of his best licks first hand…

Fretboard fluency

Martin Goulding brings you the last in the current Fretboard Fluency series, and introduces the symmetrical Half-Whole Diminished scale.

Hype up your Hybrid picking

Stuart Ryan shows you how to get your pick and fingers working together, allowing you to play licks that are tricky or impossible with plectrum only.

Harmonic Minor on the V

In part two of his new series Jens Larsen examines the Harmonic Minor scale as a rich source of melodic choices over the V chord.

FOOD FOR thought

Justin Sandercoe of justinguitar.com lends GT his insight as one of the world’s most successful guitar teachers. This month: Older Learners.

Chromaticism Pt 3: Enclosure

Shaun Baxter looks at the time-honoured practice of introducing a target note by using surrounding scale- and non-scale notes.

SESSION shenanigans

The studio guitarist’s guide to happiness and personal fulfilment, as related by session ace Mitch Dalton. This month: Lockdown Looney Toons.

JAM TRACKS tips

Use these tips to navigate our bonus backing tracks

INSTRUMENTAL Inquisition!

Instrumentals have supplied some of music’s most evocative moments. This month: the legendary father of jazz-rock guitar John McLaughlin talks to Jason Sidwell about his milestone new album, Is That So?